Quotes on Happiness - Some of my Favourites

Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.
William Adams

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Joseph Addison

There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.
Alfred Adler

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.
Akhenaton

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something outside ourselves.
Ethel Perry Andrus

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
Robert Newton Anthony

Quotes on Happiness - Episode 3

"Happiness is
a red rabbit."
- Oza Meilleur

The year before I was born, my mother's first pregnancy came to term on June 20. Weighing in at 10 pounds 2 ounces, my brother Philippe chose to exit using the Frank Breech method, that is to say his legs were bent upwards, putting him in a "V" position, thus causing his fat buttocks to totally block his way through the birth canal.

After what must have been a hell of a shot at attempting to push an elephant through a keyhole, Mom was slowly losing her own battle to stay alive. That's when good ol' Doctor Hamel decided to proceed with Plan B -- pronto! -- before Mom exploded. Forceps being of no use in such drastic circumstances, Doc grabbed his scalpel and got my brother out, piece by bloody piece...all dead.



This, my friends, is how I came to inherit the red leatherette rabbit my father had bought for his first-born child.

Of course, I named it Phil.

Fifty-seven years later, it still reminds me of how lucky I was back then, and how happy I am to be alive right now.

Oh yeah!